The games creator, Yu Suzuki, came onstage at the press conference to say that he had chosen to crowdfund the project so fans could have more of a say in bringing the game to life.

Shenmue III isn’t expected to ship until December 2017 for PC and the PlayStation 4, so there’s plenty of time to play the originals until then.

Update (July 5, 2015):

Suzuki’s studio YS Net has updated the campaign page on Kickstarter to say that backers who pledge for a $60 reward tier (or higher) will now have the option of getting a physical copy of the game for the PS4.

Previously, it was only going to be available on a disc for Windows and digitally for the PlayStation.

With twelve days left in the campaign and double the original $2 million target already achieved, it wouldn’t be surprising to see some more updates announced.